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BUSINESS PROPERTY TAXES

The Property Tax Office is responsibile for the original billing and collecting of taxes for businesses located within the Municipality of Anchorage.

The owner of a business on January 1 each year is required to file an assessment return with the Municipal Assessor's Office by a specified deadine each year. For additional information about filing an assessment return, please contact the assessor's office at 343-6770 or click here to visit their web site.

If the assessment form is returned by the specified deadline, the property tax is billed as a timely filing roll. The tax notice for timely filing rolls are mailed out August 1, due in 2 equal installments by August 31 and October 31 each year.

If the assessment form is not returned by the specified deadline or is not filed at all, the business property tax is billed as a late or involuntary filing roll. The tax notices for late or involuntary filing rolls are mailed out November 1, due November 30 each year and includes a 10% penalty on the tax amount for not filing the assessment form timely or for not filing at all.

If payment is made after the scheduled due dates, the account will be assessed a 10% late payment penalty on the installment amount that was due and interest will accrue until the account is paid to a zero balance.

You may pay your business property tax to the Municipality of Anchorage by Credit Card.

• To pay by credit card visit www.officialpayments.com
  or call 1-800-272-9829 (at the prompt, enter Jurisdiction Code 1201).
  There will be a nominal fee for this service.
  
• To complete the transaction by either of these two methods, you must be ready to provide your "Account Number." Your account number contains thirteen (13) digits and is included on billing statements sent by the Municipality.
  
• To pay your business property tax you must select the "Local" tax option and then the Property Tax option.
  
• These are the only options available to pay your Business Property tax account balances with a credit card.

If the account continues to go unpaid, it will be referred to an outside collection agency where they will pursue further collection. For additioanl information on delinquent business property tax, please contact one of the collector's at either 343-6940 or 343-6946.

If you sold or closed a business after January1, the business is taxable for the full current year. The municipality does not prorate taxes between buyer and seller or for the number of days the business was operated during a calendar year.